﻿Afi'icmi 
  Micro-Lepidoptera. 
  71 
  

  

  [PI. 
  iii., 
  fig. 
  7). 
  

   Eccopsis 
  ? 
  nehidana, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Antennce 
  cinereous, 
  a 
  dark 
  spot 
  beneath 
  on 
  each 
  basal 
  joint. 
  

   Palpi-pale 
  cinereous; 
  second 
  joint 
  with 
  a 
  blackish 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   edge 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  beyond 
  this 
  an 
  oblique 
  transverse 
  bar, 
  

   followed 
  by 
  some 
  darker 
  shading. 
  Head 
  fuscous 
  above 
  ; 
  face 
  

   cinereous, 
  with 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  black 
  spot 
  in 
  front 
  near 
  each 
  eye 
  

   Thorax 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  tegulae 
  cinereous 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Fore 
  tvings 
  

   cinereous, 
  mottled 
  with 
  delicately 
  striated 
  patches 
  of 
  leaden 
  grey 
  ; 
  

   with 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  short 
  triangular 
  oblique 
  spots 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  separated 
  by 
  pale 
  geminations, 
  the 
  

   one 
  at 
  half 
  the 
  wing-length 
  being 
  the 
  most 
  important, 
  expanded 
  

   outwards 
  below 
  the 
  costa, 
  and 
  margined 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  cinereous 
  

   line 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  is 
  a 
  large, 
  very 
  distinct, 
  

   dark 
  brownish-fuscous 
  patch, 
  rounded 
  at 
  its 
  upper 
  edge 
  above 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  pointed 
  excrescence 
  at 
  its 
  

   upper 
  and 
  outer 
  corner, 
  margined 
  throughout 
  by 
  a 
  slender 
  

   cinereous 
  line 
  ; 
  the 
  extreme 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  brownish 
  fuscous, 
  

   and 
  below 
  it, 
  arising 
  from 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  margin, 
  

   is 
  a 
  pale 
  brownish 
  or 
  greyish 
  fuscous 
  well-defined 
  and 
  inwardly 
  

   oblique 
  dash 
  running 
  upwards, 
  but 
  not 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  costal 
  

   geminations 
  ; 
  a 
  dark 
  line 
  runs 
  along 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  before 
  the 
  

   greyish 
  cinereous 
  cilia. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  greyish 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  

   line 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  their 
  paler 
  cilia. 
  Abdomen 
  greyish 
  fuscous. 
  

   Exp, 
  al. 
  18 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Bathurst 
  (Gambia), 
  one 
  specimen 
  {Carter). 
  

  

  Type, 
  ? 
  , 
  Mus. 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  little 
  doubt 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  true 
  Eccopsis, 
  although 
  

   no 
  male 
  specimen 
  has 
  reached 
  me. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  

   distinct. 
  

  

  Penthina, 
  jTr. 
  

  

  [PL 
  iii., 
  fig. 
  8.] 
  

   Penthina 
  hrevihasana, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Antennce 
  dark 
  greyish 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  whitish 
  

   ochreous. 
  Palpi 
  whitish 
  ochreous. 
  Head 
  reddisli 
  brown 
  above, 
  

   whitish 
  ochreovis 
  in 
  front. 
  Thorax 
  dark 
  brown, 
  tegulge 
  reddish 
  

   brown. 
  Fore 
  ivings 
  rather 
  pointed, 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  slightly 
  

   oblique, 
  the 
  costa 
  convex 
  ; 
  whitish 
  ochreous, 
  miich 
  mottled 
  with 
  

   olive-grey 
  and 
  chestnut-brown, 
  with 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  short 
  basal 
  

   patch 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  darkened 
  on 
  its 
  outer 
  half 
  by 
  a 
  strong 
  

   admixture 
  of 
  deep 
  fuscous 
  scales, 
  its 
  outer 
  edge, 
  leaving 
  the 
  costal 
  

  

  